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Breytenbach, Jan

LC control no.n 85256966
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPR9369.4.B74
Personal name headingBreytenbach, Jan
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Birth date1932-07-14
Profession or occupationSoldiers
Found inHis Forged in battle, c1986: t.p. (Jan Breytenbach)
Eden's exiles, 1997: t.p. (Jan Breytenbach) jkt. (soldier and paratrooper in the African Defence Force; served in the British Royal Navy; in 1970 he was instructed to form the South African Special Forces; fought with the FNLA in Angola's civil war; in different capacities he led numerous operations against the Cuban forces in Angola and the rebel movements of South West Africa and Rhodesia; he retired as a colonel seconded to military intelligence in 1988)
SANB correspondence with author, Apr. 19, 1991 (full name: Breytenbach, Jan Dirk; b. July 14, 1932)
Equivalent(s)Breytenbach, Jan, 1932-
Associated languageeng